Citizenship and Immigration committee  I also have something that I would like to add. In Quebec, people from different nationalities and cultures are all evaluated at the same level, within classes of the same level. That is important and makes a real difference. We also work within a network. For example, in our nei

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, this is done within the organization. That makes all the difference as well. We have the room to do that. Last summer, we organized an educational day camp. The children learned French and math through theatre, sports and science activities. On Saturdays, there is also a scie

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They are not all new immigrant children, but they all attend schools in the neighbourhood. They all come from disadvantaged families. In other sectors, there are highly skilled people, but in the schools, most children who share that experience come from disadvantaged families, a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have the exact figures—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Oh. Excuse me.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Let us begin with the program itself. We have entered into agreements with four neighbourhood schools, that invest money in the program. There is one volunteer worker for every child. On Saturday mornings, we have 120 children and the same number of volunteers. We have had no dif

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They work on resolving the child's most daunting problem. We don't have the children do their homework. We have them use a log book, which is used to create a bond between volunteers and teachers. In it, they write their weekly observations. Our person responsible for service qua

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll give the floor to my colleague who is responsible for employment. However, I think the heart of the problem is that there has to be awareness-raising amongst directors of businesses and of human resources, who are afraid of diversity and who have prejudices. I suggested to t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That is very important, that is truly the key to success. And that is why, for example, as soon as students start their French classes, in the very first week, we let them know in several languages about the other services, such as public services that are offered in their neighb

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We could speak for a long time on this. We also help children. Our Saturday school has been acknowledged as being an innovative and exemplary project. We have 160 children and 160 volunteers. There is therefore one person per child. In the area of education, we provide French cou

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Permanent residents make up 74% of our clientele but we also work with many people who have another status. We need to take care of refugees. I'll leave you on that note. You can ask us questions. Thank you very much.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Good morning. Thank you for your invitation. We come from Quebec, therefore we will be presenting in French. Is that okay? Our organization provides support for the integration of refugees and immigrants and advocates for their rights, in the context of social develo